Bottle-stopper.



PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

H. BGGELMANN.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 1, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 1, 1904. Serial No. 215,003.

l- 'atented May 22, 1906.

To all whom, it mag concern:

' Be it known that I, HEBMANN BoGELMANN, dairy-keeper, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of 191 Inratherstrasse, Crefeld, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to bottlestoppers, and has for its object the revision of a simplified form of stopper whic is especially adapted for milk-bottles.

The form and arrangement of the spring for maintaining the closure of the bottle is the principal feature of the present invention, a second important feature being the sto per proper, the construction of which is suc as to preclude the possibility of the above-mentioned sprin being damaged by an improper opening of t e bottle.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, it will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate two embodiments of the same.

Fi ure 1 is a part-sectional front elevation of a ottle provided with the new stopper, and Fi 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a i ront elevation of the to of a bott e provided with a modified form oi the stopper, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the bottle is closed by means of the plug 2, which may suitably be made of porcelain. This plug is provided with a rubber or other gasket 1, so as to sit tightly in the mouth of the bottle-head 7. The wire bail is made, preferably, in one piece and maybe plated to rotect it from oxidation and rust. The

orizontal portion4 of the bail passes through the hole 3 in the plug, and at the lower part 9 the bail is bowed, so as to embrace the bottleneck to the extent of, say, three-fourths of its circumference. Between the limb 4 and the bow 9 the bail at each side is spirally coiled about a vertical axis, as shown at 5 and 6, so as to afford resilience. The two ends of the bail may be united in any suitable manner, such as by being bent to form interlocking eyes 11 or by being soldered or the like.

In stoppering the bottle it is merely necessary to press the plug down upon the bottlemouth and then to slightly draw the bow downward, whereupon it can be snapped round the bottle-neck below the shoulder presented by the bottom of the head 7.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the bail between the limb 4 and, the bow 9 instead of presenting vertical spiral springs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is wound or coiled, preferably circularly, about a horizontal axis, as shown at 10 10. The plug 2 is here drawn as having a semispherical head, and the limb 4 of the bail lies but slightly above the bottle mouth, so that there are no rominently projecting parts presented. This precludes the danger of the stopper being accidentally unseated by shock or blow and of the bail being injured by the plug bein improperly forcibly raised without the bail Iiaving been first released. Instead of the semispherical form any other rounded shape may naturally be given to the head.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A bottle-stopper, comprising in combination, a plug, and a bail of wire which engages the plu tion below a a ted to embrace the bottleneck under the ead lateral portions extending from the plu to the bow and being twisted to form a coi above the said bowed portion at each side, substantially as described.

2. bottle-stopper, comprising in combination, a horizontally-perforated plug, and a bail of wire which passes through the hole in the plug and has a bowed portion below adapted to embrace the bottle-neck under the head, lateral portions extending from the plug to the bow and being twisted to form a coil above the said bowed portion at each side, substantially as described.

3. A bottle-stopper, comprising in combination, a plug having a hemispherical horizontally-perforated head, and a bail of wire which passes through the hole in the lug and has a bowed ortion below adapted to embrace the bott e-neck under the head, lateral portions extending from the plug to the bow and being twisted to form a 0011 above the said bowed portion at each side, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 21st day of May, 1904, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMANN EGGELMANN.

Witnesses:

W. BRUCE WALLACE,

GERH. PLATZEN.

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